Stephen Dunne (actor)

Stephen Dunne (actor)
Francis Michael Dunne (January 13, 1918– September 2, 1977) was an American actor, radio personality and disc jockey. He was active on television and in films from 1945–73, and was also credited as Steve Dunn, Michael Dunne, Stephan Dunne, and Steve Dunne.
Early years
Dunne was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He majored in drama and journalism during his two-and-a-half years at the University of Alabama. While there, he worked at a local radio station and "found himself in love with the business."
Radio
Dunne worked as an announcer at a radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts, and then went to New York, where he worked as both an announcer and a newscaster. He went on to star as private eye Sam Spade in The Adventures of Sam Spade from 1950-51. He played Lucky Larson in Deadline Mystery (1947) the title character Dr. Daniel Danfield in Danger, Dr. Danfield (1946–47), and he was the announcer for The Jack Kirkwood Show (1943–46).
Television
In 1950, Dunne starred in Love and Kisses on KTSL-TV in Los Angeles. On network television, Dunne starred in the comedy Professional Father (1955). He was the announcer for The Bob Crosby Show (1958) and The Liberace Show (1958-1959).
In the 1960-61 season, he and Mark Roberts played private detective brothers in the syndicated television series The Brothers Brannagan. He was also the host of the game shows Truth or Consequences (nighttime version, 1957), You're On Your Own (1956-1957) and Double Exposure (1961).
Dunne appeared in several television shows, including Professional Father, The Millionaire, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Petticoat Junction, Batman (episodes 47 and 48), Dragnet 1967, Nanny and the Professor, and The Brady Bunch.
Later years
In 1968, Dunne became director of sales for Hollywood Video Center, a division of Western Video Industries.
Dunne died on September 2, 1977, aged 59.
Personal life
Dunne married Vivian Belliveau in 1940. They had a son, Stephen, and a daughter, Margaret.
Partial filmography
Junior Miss (1945) - Uncle Willis Reynolds
Doll Face (1945) - Frederick Manly Gerard
Shock (1946) - Dr. Stevens
Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946) - Prof. Edward 'Ed' Bland
Mother Wore Tights (1947) - Roy Bivins
The Son of Rusty (1947)
The Woman from Tangier (1948) - Ray Shapley
The Return of October (1948) - Prof. Stewart
The Dark Past (1948) - Owen Talbot
The Big Sombrero (1949) - Jimmy Garland
Law of the Barbary Coast (1949) - Phil Morton
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) - Ralph Winton
Kazan (1949)
Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
Lady Possessed (1952) - Tom Wilson
The WAC from Walla Walla (1952) - Lt. Tom Mayfield
The Gentle Gunman (1952) - Brennan (uncredited)
Above and Beyond (1952) - Maj. Harry Bratton, Co-Pilot B-29 Tests
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) - Bill Haven
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) - Tom Crandall
I Married a Woman (1958) - Bob Sanders
Home Before Dark (1958) - Hamilton Gregory
The Explosive Generation (1961) - Bobby Herman Sr.
Hand of Death (1962) - Tom Holland
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) - Stanley Kael - Second Newscaster (uncredited)
Superdad (1973) - TV Moderator (final film role)
References
External links
Profile, digitaldeliftp.com; accessed January 29, 2018.
1918 births
1977 deaths
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male radio actors
20th-century American male actors
People from Northampton, Massachusetts
Male actors from Massachusetts